Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-10-26

pairof heavy boots; start to walk across the room, and before you have taken
 three steps you win step on the collar button and smash it all to pieces.
 FRoM MoxoAY's DAILY. A rodeo commenced on Ash creel
 to-day.
 Secretary Bayard returned from the
 east yesterday.
 P. L. Ksstner and Thomas Urquha,t returned from the Phenix fair to-day. J. W. Wilson has just received sti Il further invoice to his already large stock
 of clothing.
 Col. F. Drum, acting inspector gene
 ral of this department, went to Fort
 Verde to-day.
 Judge N. O. O'Neill returned SAtur-
 day night from his visit to Tonto Basin, on school business.
 It is stated that Judge Sumner How ard Is negotiating for the purchase of
 the Castle creek hot springs.
 T. J. Pomeroy and wife have returned from their wedding tour, and the former is again in charge of his train.
 John Aiken left for Prescott Juno ton this afternoon, to take situation with the Prescott ( Arizona Central railroad.
 "Sorrel Kate," . horse belonging to City Marshal Wells, of Phenix, won the mile running race at Saturdays races. It is stated that Frank made quite . winning on the result.
 Special Agent Bevans has received advices from United States District At- torney Rouse, that he will be present at the next term of court, to attend to United States business. in person.
 Joseph W. Coulson. formerly "mine host" of the Gillet hotel. is engaged in sinking . well on the desert He is down to depth of 30O feet. He reports good grazing this fall on the upper end of the desert.
 The JoURxAL-NNER is slmost daily ia receipt of complimentary notices from its patrons for its efforts to further the interests of this section of Arizona. It is also receiving additions to its list of subscribeB every week.
 If John L. Sullivan should ge. . copy of this morning's issue of our contem- porary, he would, without doubt, im- media:ely send . challenge to the attor- ney who appears % voluminously in the light of pugilistic hero in it.
 Visitors to Gillett will find good board, comfortable quarters and polite treat ment from the hands of George Carson, the urbane proprietor of the station and hotel there. MT. Carson knows how to. treat his guests we'll. and none go away dissatisfied from his hospitable place.
 John Stephens succeeded in captu- ring the mountain lion, on Saturday, spoken of in our last issue as having killed 2 calf belonging to him. He placed strychnine in the carcass, and when the lion returned to eat his game he got dose which laid him out He was quite . large specimens measuring over eight feet in length.
 The insinuation in our contemporary this morning, that even line of abuse or .lander ever appeared in this paper against Col. Eggers is not only false. but malicious, and we challenge any one to produce . syllable derogAtory to him that was ever published in the On the contrary, those who have perused the paper know that the contrary is true, and any refer ence 10 him in these columns have been of friendly nature Some folks, you know, are hard to please.
 Old residents of this section will be psined to learn of the death of Mrs. E. q. Peck, a most estimable lady, who, while in her infancy almost. settled in Prescott in 1864 with her parents, MT. and Mrs. T. NJ. Alexander In later years she was married to E. c. Peck, Inc discoverer of the Peck mine, and several yrars ago moved to Alameda, . AliforniA, where her death occurred. | Her sorrowing parents, brothers and sisters, who are still residents of this have the full sympathy of the ,cmmunity ,c in their cad bereavement.
 The Harvest Home festival exercises }, the M. E. church, last evening. were ,f very interesting character The ex- .rcises consisted of recitatious and sing- ng. mostly by the children, although Mrs. E. W. French favored the au- iience with . solo, in her usual sweet roice. and with fine effect While all he children acquitted themselves cred tably. trio. by Sadie Archibald, Viola Hatz and May Hall, and . duet by the Kendall children, were worthy of spe. :ial mention. A singing recitation or dialogue by . number of the children xas also exceptionally good
 New York printers are on . strike to nave vages rsised from 3S cents ner